George Bower (rugby union)

New Zealand Rugby Union player

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Rugby player

George Bower

Full name| George Gadai Bower
Date of birth|  (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth| Wellington, New Zealand
Height| 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight| 115 kg (254 lb; 18 st 2 lb)
School| Taita College
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Prop

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Current team|  Otago, Crusaders
Senior career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
2014–|  Otago|  26|  (0)
2019–|  Crusaders|  52|  (0)

Correct as of 16 July 2022

International career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
2020|  South Island|  1|  (0)
2021–|  New Zealand|  21|  (0)

Correct as of 16 July 2022

George Gadai Bower (born May 28, 1992) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He began his rugby in Wellington playing for Avalon rugby club, following that he made his first-ever representative team playing for Wellington U20s in 2011. His usual position is prop. He currently[when?] plays for Crusaders and Otago.

## Rugby career[edit]

In 2014, Bower moved to Dunedin to play for the Harbour Hawks RFC and then played one game for Otago's National Provincial Championship team that year as an injury replacement. Nicknamed the "Fijian Bulldozer", "Humble Horse" and "The Fijian Prince" by fans, Bower was once an extra in an advertisement for the All Blacks.

Bower did not make an appearance for Otago until 2018 when he was called in as injury cover. He played aseven more games for Otago in 2018.

In 2019, he was named in the Crusaders' pre-season and made his debut in round 4. In November 2019, he was named in the 2020 Crusaders' squad.[1]

In October 2020, the All Blacks' coach, Ian Foster, named Bower as a wider squad member of the All Blacks team to Australia. In 2021, he was again named in the wider squad for the Steinlager Series against Fiji and Tonga.[2] He made his international debut for the All Blacks on 3 July 2021 against Tonga at Auckland.[3]

## Reference list[edit]

1. ^ "The Team | Players, Stats and Information". Crusaders. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
\- Van Royen, Robert (28 June 2019). "Super Rugby: George Bower's rise from makeshift barber to Crusaders prop". Stuff. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
2. ^ "All Blacks squad named for Steinlager Series". All Blacks. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
3. ^ Raine, Tom (4 July 2021). "'Dream' debut caps off Bower's journey from body double to All Black". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
\- Reive, Christopher (4 July 2021). "All Blacks rookie George Bower reflects on emotional debut in win over Tonga". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

## External links[edit]

* George Bower at ESPNscrum
* George Bower at ItsRugby.co.uk

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Crusaders - current squad

Forwards|

* Fletcher Anderson
* Scott Barrett
* George Bell
* Ethan Blackadder
* George Bower
* Finlay Brewis
* Tahlor Cahill
* Seb Calder
* Tom Christie
* Owen Franks
* Zach Gallagher
* Dominic Gardiner
* Cullen Grace
* Jamie Hannah
* Corey Kellow
* Christian Lio-Willie
* Quentin MacDonald
* Brodie McAlister
* Ioane Moananu
* Joe Moody
* James Mullan
* Fletcher Newell
* Quinten Strange
* Kershawl Sykes-Martin
* Codie Taylor
* Tamaiti Williams

Backs|

* Toby Arnold
* Levi Aumua
* Fergus Burke
* Ryan Crotty
* Mitchell Drummond
* Chay Fihaki
* Leigh Halfpenny
* David Havili
* Willi Heinz
* Riley Hohepa
* Noah Hotham
* Will Jordan
* Taha Kemara
* Manasa Mataele
* Dallas McLeod
* Johnny McNicholl
* Heremaia Murray
* Sevu Reece
* Rivez Reihana
* Jone Rova
* Macca Springer

Coach|

* Rob Penney

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Otago - current squad

Forwards|

* Jermaine Ainsley
* Henry Bell
* George Bower
* Sam Fischli
* Oliver Haig
* Josh Hill
* Fabian Holland
* Ricky Jackson
* Tau Koloamatangi
* Benjamin Lopas
* James Lentjes
* Christian Lio-Willie
* Saula Ma'u
* Abraham Pole
* Brady Robertson
* Tom Sanders
* Will Stodart
* Harry Taylor
* Will Tucker
* Rohan Wingham
* Sean Withy

Backs|

* James Arscott
* Jeremiah Asi
* Ajay Faleafaga
* Sam Gilbert
* Nathan Hastie
* Finn Hurley
* Caleb Leef
* Jack Leslie
* Kieran McClea
* Cam Millar
* Waisake Naholo
* Jona Nareki
* John Tapueluelu
* Jake Te Hiwi
* Josh Timu
* Thomas Umaga-Jensen
* Josh Whaanga

Head coach|

* Tom Donnelly

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